WSR 19-14-091
AGENDA
UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION
COMMISSION
ENERGY FACILITY SITE
EVALUATION COUNCIL
[Filed July 1, 2019, 12:11 p.m.]
The Washington utilities and transportation commission (UTC) submits its semi-annual rules development agenda for publication in the Washington State Register pursuant to RCW 34.05.314. This also includes the rules development agenda for the energy facility site evaluation council (EFSEC).
Please direct any questions to Paige Doyle at 360-664-1140 or paige.doyle@utc.wa.gov.
This is UTC's semi-annual rules development agenda for publication in the Washington State Register pursuant to RCW 34.05.314.
Additional rule-making activity not on the agenda may be undertaken to meet conditions not now anticipated.
Dates that are in bold print, indicate that filing has occurred. All other dates are projected. The commission maintains a schedule of rule-making activity that is updated several times per month. See www.utc.wa.gov.
UTC
Semi-Annual Rules Development Agenda
(July 1 – December 31, 2019)
WAC
CHAPTER
DOCKET
TITLE
AGENCY
CONTACT
PROPOSED TIMELINE AND STATUS
DESCRIPTION OF
POSSIBLE CHANGES
 
 
 
 
CR-101
CR-102
or CR-105
CR-103 HEARING
 
CURRENT:
480-70
TG-131255
Solid waste and/or refuse collection companies
Danny Kermode
360-664-1253
7/17/13
To be
determined
To be
determined
Consider whether to adopt rules governing the methodology for establishing the rate of return for solid waste collection companies (Lurito-Gallagher).
480-90-238
480-100-238
480-107
UE-161024
IRP rule making
Brad Cebulko
360-664-1309
Kathi Scanlan
360-664-1267
Jennifer Snyder
360-664-1311
9/21/16
6/31/18
(PURPA)
To be
determine
4/30/19
(PURPA)
To be
determine
Consider modifying current electric IRP rules to reflect statutory changes adopted in 2013 in EHB 1826. Further consider modifying gas IRP rules to match electric IRP rules. This rule making has been divided into sections.
480-90
480-100
U-180525
Advanced metering infrastructure (AMI)
Amy Andrews 360-664-1304
Rayne Pearson
360-664-1136
7/10/18
To be
determined
To be
determined
Consider how investor-owned utility deployment of AMI technologies require modification of existing rules relating to consumer protection.
480-90-XXX
480-100-XXX
UE-170002 and
UG-170003
Cost-of-service rule making
Jason Ball
360-664-1279
7/18/19
8/31/19
To be
determined
Consider new rules governing cost of service.
480-120
UT-180831
Carrier of last resort rule making
Gregory Kopta
360-664-1355
10/22/18
To be
determined
To be
determined
Consider revising existing rules to address companies' obligations to provide basic local exchange service upon request.
480-123
UT-190437
Universal service rule making
Jing Roth
360-664-1291
To be
determined
To be
determined
To be
determined
Revise chapter 480-123 WAC to implement legislation extending and modifying the state universal communications services program.
WAC
CHAPTER
TITLE
AGENCY
CONTACT
PROPOSED TIMELINE AND STATUS
DESCRIPTION OF
POSSIBLE CHANGES
 
 
 
CR-101
CR-102
or CR-105
CR-103
HEARING
 
PROPOSED:
480-109
480-100-238
480-107
480-XXX
480-108
SB 5116 (clean energy legislation)
Brad Cebulko
360-664-1309
To be determined
To be determined
To be determined
Three phase, multipart rule making to revise the commission's rules to implement SB 5116, the Clean Energy Transformation Act.
EFSEC
WAC
CHAPTER
TITLE
AGENCY
CONTACT
PROPOSED TIMELINE AND STATUS
DESCRIPTION OF
POSSIBLE CHANGES
 
 
 
CR-101
CR-102
or CR-105
CR-103
HEARING
 
CURRENT:
463-76
NPDES compliance
Sonia Bumpus
360-664-1363
7/26/17
To be determined
To be determined
Adopt ecology water quality rules and additional revisions to ensure consistency with EFSEC statutory authorities, ecology rules, and federal regulations to support the environmental protection agency's (EPA) renewal of EFSEC's NPDES delegation.
PROPOSED:
463
Administrative updates
Sonia Bumpus
360-664-1363
 
(CR-105)
To be determined
N/A
Amend multiple chapters of Title 463 WAC to reflect EFSEC's administrative incorporation into UTC, such as EFSEC's street address, and other changes specifically dictated by statutory revisions.
463
Process updates
Sonia Bumpus
360-664-1363
To be determined
To be determined
To be determined
Inquiry to examine whether EFSEC should adopt new or modify existing rules to address process changes related to siting and compliance monitoring.
463-76
Enforcement and appeals
Sonia Bumpus
360-664-1363
To be determined
To be determined
To be determined
Creates a new chapter of rules and amends multiple chapters of Title 463 WAC to incorporate statutory changes made in 2015 (SB 5310), and to clarify EFSEC's enforcement and appeals process.
463-78
Air quality permitting
Sonia Bumpus
360-664-1363
To be determined
To be determined
To be determined
Amend existing rule:
1. In response to EPA rule revisions in 40 C.F.R. Parts 51 and 52, including startup, shutdown and malfunction, as necessary.
2. To be consistent with department of ecology rule revisions addressing new source review and additional prevention of significant deterioration issues in chapters 173-400 and 173-401 WAC including applicable provisions of the governor's proposed clean air rule, as necessary.
3. To support submittal of EFSEC's state implementation plan update to United States EPA.
Mark L. Johnson
Executive Director and Secretary